Amd build
PCPartPicker part list:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3j3E3
Price breakdown by merchant:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3j3E3/by_merchant/
Benchmarks:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3j3E3/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($89.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card ($439.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case ($99.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec HCG M 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.20 @ Amazon)
Total: $1019.12
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-30 12:05 EDT-0400)
Heatsink 50usd
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=FAN-TS140P
Intel build 1
PCPartPicker part list:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3j3WP
Price breakdown by merchant:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3j3WP/by_merchant/
Benchmarks:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3j3WP/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($227.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: VisionTek Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case ($99.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $927.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-30 12:15 EDT-0400)
Heatsink 50usd
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=FAN-TS140P
Intel build 2
PCPartPicker part list:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3j459
Price breakdown by merchant:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3j459/by_merchant/
Benchmarks:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3j459/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($227.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card ($373.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case ($99.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $991.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-30 12:19 EDT-0400)
Advantages of r9 290 over 770gtx
21% more performance
No problems when the vram usage gets over 3.4gb +/-
Enough gpu power to use 4gb at any res(if the games needs it)
About 4x/3.5x higher gpgpu performance via opencl
Comes with bf4 for free(xfx)
Mantle
Competes with 780gtx
512bus
Disadvantage
Higher power consumption than a 770gtx
R9 280x over 770gtx
About 3x higher gpgpu performance(via opencl)
Mantle
Lower price than the 770gtx
Disadvantage
Noise
1gb less physical vram
A bit higher power comsption
770gtx over r9s
Cuda
G-sync
1gb more vram than the 280x
Shadowplay
PD.shadowplay can be compared to dxtory,action or bandicam which can be used on amd